AlphaTex not supporting multi-bytes characters in lyrics

[lannka]

Expected Results

AlphaTex should render multi-bytes characters (such as CJK languages) in lyrics

Observed Results

CJK characters do not show in lyrics.

Steps to Reproduce

Link to jsFiddle, CodePen, Project etc.:
In lyrics, put some CJK chars (chars that have more than 1 byte).

1. https://alphatex-multi-bytes-char.glitch.me/

Further details

I think the problem might live here:

alphaTab/src/importer/AlphaTexImporter.ts

Lines 364 to 373 in bae294d

	private nextChar(): number {
	let b: number = this.data.readByte();
	if (b === -1) {
	this._ch = 0;
	} else {
	this._ch = b;
	this._curChPos++;
	}
	return this._ch;
	}

Your environment

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3-alpha.##

Flavor

• JavaScript
• .net

System

[Danielku15]

Indeed the alphaTex parser does not respect the right input string encoding. Will work on an improved reading in this area.

[Danielku15]

And it's ready, next 1.3-alpha package should have the changes in. Non-Ascii (ANSI), CJK, Emojis, all work now:

[lannka]

Awesome! Thanks for the quick fix.